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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It’s so obvious it’s a scam too because of how vague some of the “challenges” are. “Click all the squares that contain a bike” and then you do it in every conceivable way AND IT STILL WONT ACCEPT YOUR SUBMISSION. Stupid

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Have you considered that you may be a bot?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

G A S P I’d never thought about it that way before. I need to go see a mechanic now to check

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cease all motor functions, enter Analysis mode, turn the other cheek.

[–] static_motion 4 points 1 year ago

Have you ever questioned the nature of your own reality?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Well, apparently, statistically speaking he is more likely to be human according to the original post. We'll never know.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I’ve had a Captcha that required an image like this one to be classified as a bike

Ceci n'est pas un vélo

[–] static_motion 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Well, to be fair, it is a depiction of a bicycle.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Incredible, honestly. Whatta crock 🤣

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a suspicion that it might depend on a few factors that might be related to Google’s ability to track, such as the browsers you use and whether you’re on VPN. I saw a post on Lemmy the other day (can’t remember where) that they suspect captcha is more annoying on Firefox, whereas fine with Chrominum-based browsers, esp Google Chrome. I think I sometimes experienced this as well, but I didn’t keep track.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep when using a VPN I get way more captchas on Google web searches (regardless of browser).

It makes it really annoying to search on Google, to the point I want to turn off my VPN or use other search engines.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's also likely that it is because they are seeing a large number of searches from one IP (the VPN exit server), and that can look like bots.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For search engines, I’ve never used it but there’s whoogle that’s supposed to be proxy for google search.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Here's the thing about all search engines that aren't Google (including the ones "based" on Google results). They all suck for regional results in many non-Latin languages.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had one today where it was click on all the squares that contain a bus. One square very clearly contained a truck, not a bus. When I didn't select that square, it told me I was wrong.

They're so infuriating.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Sounds about like me every fucking time lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ve never in my life failed a captcha. Maybe you’re just bad at identifying bikes?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I just failed five by doing them correctly. It was sure there were more bicycles, but it was motorbikes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

sigh Could be 😔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Very simple. You solve it too fast, it thinks you're a bot and you fail it. Click slowly and you will pass it every time.